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tHE SONG OF THE OX WAGON.
Tills la the song of the straining span, th#
tone of the tattered tilt.
Of the alow essayh in perilous ways of the
Wagon stoutly bollt
The aong that was sung in the ancient tongue,
when the days of the world dawned, gray,
The oreaking oroou of the disselboom, the
song that is sung today.
East and wed and south and north the first
born herdsmen spread,
From the waters clear of the high Pamir, from
the anoient Oxos bod.
On and on to the plains of the Don their creak
ing wagons ran,
And the diaaelboom showed out the doom that
has given the earth to muu.
Over the sands of the thirsty lands, under a
br&sen sky,
Where the only law men bow before la tbe law
of tbe assegai
Forth and forth to the dim far north where
the broad Zambesi flows,
BtlU today in the ancient way the rumbling
wagon goos.
Through the forest ways where the wild things
grace, the dappled, the fawn, the gray.
Where tbe tall "Kameel" at sunset steal like
ghosts to the silent rley,
Where the lions drink at tbe reedy brink of
the slowly shallowing pan,
The disselboom shows out the doom that has
given tho earth to man.
Slow and alow the wagons go by thicket and
thorn and pool,
But their thin path traced on the homeless
waste is the road of the ooming rule.
And In dread of that track the wild slinks
back and tbe thief and the beasts give
plaoe
To'the farm and field and tho yearly yield of
the men of the wiser race.
East and west and south and north, from tbe
days of the dawn till now,
Ere graaa was burned or sod was turned by
the share of the furrowing plow,
This was the tune of tbe tattered tilt, the
Bong of the straining span,
How the disselboom points out the doom that
has given the earth to man.
—St. James Gasette.
IN PERIL.
It was night. I was in my bed
room at the Pera hotel listening to
the silence, if you will allow me to
make a bull. It was but half past
1(1 and the Turkish city, never very
wide awake, had now gone calmly
fast to sleep. All lights were put
out, and no sound was to be heard,
even in Pera, but the occasional
howl of a street dog that some bit
ten watchman had beaten with his
taff. Dervishes had ceased their
oly waltzing and their demoniac
wling. Priests had left their lofty
inarets for the night. The sultan
sunk into a trance. The ba
rs, where notions of all nations
sold, were barred and bolted up.
coffee shops had quenched their
'coal fireB. The beggars on the
ge had dragged home their
•us and sores. The soldiers of
were in their barracks
ing cvft-Mevolt. Viziers laid
uneasy heads on silken pil
The "sick man's" dying city
dead asleep, and it made one
py to feel even near 600,000 sleep-
Human nature is imaginative,
hen it sees eating, it wants to eat,
nd when it sees sleeping it wants
JO
sleep. Besides, did I not know
that my countrymen in Pera were
wavering in their allegiance to the
pleasant king of midnight and
rere
half of them yawning and
Cretching over billiards and domi
and looking with affright at
lie two uplifted clock hands
1 Turks,
who have no amusements, go to bed
•urly.
Iwas Bitting at the window of my
meditative, one boot off
alio boot on, wondering if there
as ever a minute, day or night,
ince Cons
tan tine was placed in his
orphyry tomb that some wild dog
ad not barked in Pera, when a tap
me at my door. I put my boot on
bade the visitor open the door.
It was Antonio, my dragoman, or
lousier, whom I had hired that day,
nd thus he spoke:
"Monsieur, sare, nous avons. We
ive got the areman for the night.''
Firman, you must know, is an
ioword, signifying, in this in
:e, a passport.
h, have you? All right, Anto-
I am ready," said I, buttoning
ay coat to the last button and
isting my hat before the mirror.
Vera good," returned my Alba
guide, who, by the way, had
most villainous face imagina
"Come on, sare."
hat firman, the sultan's gracious
nission—gracious, but expensive
st me 250 piasters, or about $28.
it known unto you, reader,
ever so many Circassians—ro
whipped by the Russians in
of their devoted courage and
enius of their leader, Schamyl
been offered a few piasters
em to join the army of the
had accepted the offer read
flowing that Turkey was the
.fcural enemy of the land of vermin
nd steppes, and had been apprised
arriving at Stamboul after many
hungry days of forced marching
over countries innocent of bridges
and of roads that the porte was un
ible to pay the native troops, let
one foreign ones. That was enough
make the hungry Circassians an
•y, was it not? A little way be
ond the valley of tbe Sweet Wa
ers, which is a place of fashionable
*3ort, equivalent, or thereabout,
our Central park, those soldiers
a hundred patriotic battles had
ca^ed their camp and were utter
discontent in a way that was
ry disagreeable to the Turkish
vernment It was in order to.
see
un that Antonio, and 1 left the
a ho' 11 o'olock at night.
ing torn to pieces by
cases of Consumption,
-ronp and oolds are aured
cure. Sold by Houston
T'-S-'i
tho rival boatmen of Tophana, 1
tumbled down into the cradle of a
neat caique, which, because it is a
pattern boat, I will describe. It is
long and sharp at both ends, and at
both ends it is boarded over, to pre
vent shipping seas, with varnished
planks, crossed at the top with little
crowning rails of gilt carving, very
dainty and very smart. The cradle
where I lay, my back against where
the cockswain would be seated in. an
American gig, was lined with red
cushions and white lambskins.
There, wero two boatmen, because
the Sweet Waters, where we were to
land, was far up the Bosporus, and
it was tolerably hard work, even
for them, brawny and accustomed
to rowing as they were.
Antonio, my scoundrel of a guide,
held forth on the white minarets,
looking ghostlike in the moonlight
and on the dark cypress trees, throw
ing their heavy shaking shadows
athwart the phosphoresoent water.
He bade me observe how the caique,
jee (boatman) fastens his oars by
leather loops to pegs on the sides of
the boat, which had no rowlocks—a
simple plan that prevents them ever
being lost unless they break in some
of the whirling and impetuous cur
rents of the Bosporus. Every time
I looked the boatmen laughed with
all their teeth and said afirmatively,
'Bono, Johnny," upon which I call
ed out authoritatively, "Chapukl"
(Quick, quick 1) and to which they
invariably replied by saying, "Ya
wash, yawash," meaning: "Nohur
ry. All in good time."
Antonio, as we progressed, grad
ually transferred his conversation
from myself to the boatmen. At
that time I knew very little of their
sweet sounding jargon, and natural
ly feeling uninterested I closed my
eyes and sunk into a reverie, to be
aroused therefrom by one of the
boatmen using a Turkish phrase, the
meaning of which was known to me,
in tones of the deepest disgust.
Their fierce and furtive glances, to
gether with the frequent use of that
one phrase, which might be trans
latedthus, "Dogof an infidel," con
firmed a sudden suspicion that I was
in a serious scrape. I was so seated
that, although my face was not seen
by them, I could discern their fea
tures and gestures plainly.
"Chapukl" I cried imperiously,
knowing that it is generally best to
show no white feather.
"Yawash, yawash 1" replied the
boatmep defiantly.
''No hurry, sare,"said Antonio,
lighting his chibouk and puffing
away complacently.
How I regretted having left the
Pera hotel at that unseemly hour to
see a parcel of Circassian ragamuf
fins, who were perhaps not worth
seeing! How roundly I swore that
if it were permitted me to issue
Bcathless from that scrape I would
never be out after dark again in
Turkey!
Past the Maiden's tower, a sort of
legendary lighthouse that stands on
a rock at the entrance of the Golden
Horn opposite Scutari past long
lines of vessels and rows of dark red
wooden houses with broad flat roofs
and cellarlike boathouses past plane
trees and cypressses, silent caiques
and coffee houses, with here and
there a dead lump of carrion bob
bing like afloat in the moonlight,
swollen and horrible, we reached
at last the Sweet Water meadows,
where the deserted caiques were
gathered thick as carriages round
the door of the Theatre Francais.
I had a mind to make those two
villainous boatmen row me back
again, because, as we were near one
of the sultan's tinselly Italian pal
aces, neither they nor the audacious
Albanian dare attempt violence just
then, but unfortunately I was trou
bled with a weakness called pride,
which troublesome infirmity
should advise my readers, if ever
they are placed in similar circum
stances, to conquer right away. Al
though I felt I thereby placed my
life in jeopardy, I could not for the
life of mo take the certain way of
escape that offered itself and deter
mined to pursue at all hazards the
object for which I had set out.
The two boatmen jumped on land,
and drawing the caique almost high
and dry so that we Bhould not wet.
our feet stood with ready palms
held out to receive their pay. I gave
a few piasters to each, and then an
animated conversation ensued be-,
tween.my dragoman and them, con
ducted in Turkish, and in which the
constant repetition of tho phrase be
fore translated again occurred.
"Dey will wait, sare," said the.
Albanian at its conclusion..
"All right," I returned, affecting
more coolness than I felt, for I had
no arms with me bigger than a pen
knife, and I had seen them produce
during the pulaver bright, ugly look
ing knives from their voluminous
sleeves. "Chapukl I want to get
back soon."
Antonio uttered a valediction to
his (as I supposed them) accomplices,
and w« entered a defile whose quick
ly heightening sides were topped
with regular rows of cypress trees.
In a little while on either side, be
fore and behind, there was nothing
but impenetrable darkness visible,
and above, the sky, now overcast
Consumption, LaGrippe, Pneuuio
nia and allThroatand Long diseases are oared
by Shlloh's ouro. For Bale by 0. W. Houotoa.
with clouds, was starless and gloomy.
The dragoman led the way, stealing
on with a lithe, sure Btep and waft
ing clouds of porfume from his chi
bouk. Trying to divest myself of
the conviction that I was about to
become the victim of an already
concocted plot, bringing forth a
whole array of arguments to justify
that attempt, and yet peering nerv
ously into the darkness right and
left, anon in the direction of the Al
banian and thenshrinkingly behind
me, I followed without a protest in
his footsteps, just as a lamb goes to
the slaughter house.
He carried a lamp such as all drag
omans carry in the nighttime, and
suddenly bethinking myself of this
I asked him to light it.
"Presently, sare," he said. "We
shall come into plenty light soon."
To the best of my belief we had
now gone about half a mile. Once
or twice I fancied I heard a footfall
in our rear and with a contraction
of the heart half turned to face an
anticipated assailant, but nothing
emerged from the darkness, and I
resumed my journsy, perturbed and
painfully snBpicious. The olouds
suddenly thinned before the watery
moon, and the irregular walls of an
old tumble down ruin, formerly a
mosque of much repute, but now a
playhouse for all tbe little Turks in
the villages roundabout, loomed di
rectly before us, tbe defile ending
abruptly at the mouth of a rude
road on the right
The Albanian proposed lighting
the lamp in this ruin, as on account
of a gusty wind it would be diffioult
to light it outside.
I thought
hiB
proposal rather un­
called for, since we had the moon,
but acquiesced quietly and followed
him into the mosque, whioh had
been built up in that semioriental
Byzantine style that, back through
Venice, spread throughout Europe,
even in Canute of England's time.
I was interested in this relic of an
other age and momentarily forgot
my suspicions. Antonio stepped into
a vault which was still almoqt en
tire and which had once in all prob
ability been the refectory where the
dervishes, or priestB, partook mod
erately of food. He opened the door
Of the gaudy lantern, which would
have reminded you of Aladdin's,
and striking a match lit tbe wick.
"You wait Me fill chibouk,"
said he, setting the lantern down.
I was seized from behind and
thrown violently to the- ground,,
{ailing with my hip on a sharp stone
that made me lame for weeks after.
I turned round without rising, be
ing then unable, on account of the
wound I had received, and saw one
stalwart assailant cover me with a
gun and the other behind him grasp
the hilt of a disagreeable knife.
Antonio held the lamp aloft and
seemed to regard the whole affair
as a capital joke.
The boatman with the gun spoke
fiercely in Turkish, and the Albani
an, turning to me, said: "Want
money, sare. Give 'em money, you
go safe."
It was very unpleasant looking up
the muzzle of that gun and feeling
that the slightest-movement might
endanger my life, but I am an
American and disliked the cavalier
manner of those Turkish dogs. I
was just about to defy them to do
their worst when I heard the tread
of men outside. I Bhouted out for
help at the top of my voice, and six
Turkish soldiers, headed by an offi
cer, came into the ruin at a trot and
halted at the entrance of the vault,
covering us all with their match
locks.
That villainous Albanian, as soon
as he saw how quickly the tables
were turned, ran forward and com
menced a fierce denunciation of his
^accomplices.
"Inglls subjek?" asked the Turk
ish officer, turning to me.
The English, you must know, have
so bullied and browbeaten the Turks
that they would rather allow an
English murderer to go scot free
ithan come into collision with them.
"American subject," I answered,
succeeding in a painful attempt to
rise. Then I made him understand
by suitable gestures that the Alba
nian and the two boatmen were all
alike culpable, and they were pres-'
ently deprived of their knives and
the gun, each one of them placed
between two men and marched off
toward the spot where we had land
ed.
Outside the ruin the road was full
of Turkish soldiers, all going in tbe
direction of the Circassian encamp
ment for the purpose of overawing
that brave and turbulent people.
Judges are very corrupt in Tur
key. The Albanian contrived to
bribe himself out of the clutches of
the law, but the two boatmen were
very properly punished.—New York
News.
Milk In Spain.
The Spanish milkman or maid, as
the case may bo, has no chance to
impose upon the customer. When
the ipilk is delivered, it is literally
in bulk. The milkman drives around
his flock of goatB to each customer's
house, ascertains how much milk ia
needed, aits down and draws the req
uisite quantity. ..
Karl's Clover 'Root Tea is a sure
care for Hckdiehea and nerrona diaeaa»a
Nothing cure so qntakly. Hold by 0. Haaiton
•. "i
ELEVEN YEARS OLD. EXIRA, IOWA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1897. $1.00 PER YEAR
Hamlin Department.'
Mrs. Monroe While has been ill the
past week ot la grippe.
O. P. Tyler will ship one car load
of his fat cattle next Tuesday.
Will McGuire shipped a flue load
of porkers on the Monday train.
Henry Young is filling his yards
up with young stock this winter.
Merchant McGuire was attending
to business in Aiklulo», Tuesday.
Walk Crees was over to Marue this
week try iug to dispose of Ing pop corn.
There was a jolly dancing party at
Ben Good well's home Saturday night.
Counsel man & Company have near
ly 60,000 bushels of coru cribbed at
tbe Station.
Juirffs Whitney, the Atlantic bank
er, was sizing up Old Hairiliii, Mon
day forenoon.
Rev. Plummer will hold services at
school house No. 2, nejet Sunday at
the usual hour.
There was another enjoyable skating
party iu Mai Bryan's pasture last
Monday night.
Miss Bessie Bradley is enjoying a
short vacation at her parent's home,
iu Old Damliu.
They are getting 6,000 pounds of
milk at the creamery, three liiues a
week, these days.
O. P. Tyler and S. D. Coonrod are
attending the Farmer's Institute, at
Afdubon, this week.
They are getting the ice for the
creamery off of the John Bishop farm
over in Greeley township.
Miss Anna Bell, of Manilla, was a
guest at the A. W. Bradley home, at
Old Hamlin, a pari of the week.
The Blue Grass Creaiiiery.liave or
dered fifty new cans and a little near
er in the springtime they will put in
another cream separator.
S. A. Heath is at Pells, Iowa, this
week attendlnga meeting of the State
Baptist Association, in the capacity
of a member of that body.
Sid Godwin has rented his farm
to John Crees, lor nejpt year. Mr.
Godwiu will work for Htin. Wm.
Walker, the big cattle feeder 'south of
Exira.
Harry Percy bought these good
bunches of corn, from the following
farmers, this week: George Lafoy,
1,000 bushels John McAnulty, 1,000
Mr. Stetzell, 1,200 bushels.
After the literary last Friday night
a gay party of Old.Hanitin young
people adjourned to ttuuBradley home
and indulged in a social dance, sort of
a welcome home for Mibs Bessie.
W. C. Wilson bit ou, a tin tag in a
piece of Burr Oak tobacco 'totherday
-and when he examined it the tag said
it was good for a oocket knife. He
sent it off and now is the possessor of
a "jamupgood" wliittler.
Mrs. Cloughly was up from Cla
rinda, Iowa, this week visiting with
her brother, Merchant Shoesmith, at
the Station. She will visit her par
ents at North Branch and will return
to her southern home Saturday.
There will be a chioken pot pie
sociable at ths farm Home of Supervi
sor W. D. Stanley, this evening, to
which you are all invited. The pro
ceeds will be for the benefit of the
Presbyterian church at Old Hamlin.
A baby was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Ballou last Friday but the lit
tle stranger only opened its eves to
this world for a few honrs and then
closed them iu death, the body being
buried in the Exira cemetery Satur
day afternoon. Since the monther has
been in a very precarious condition,
but late advice from the lady says
she is gradually on the mend.
S. D. Coonrod, the weather man,
tells us that during the month of
January there were twenty days that
the wind blew from the uorth, and
there were seven days the mercury
ry registered below zero. The coldest
day was the 25th when it was 20°
below zero. The warmest day was
1st when it was 42° in the morning
and 56° iu the afternoon. There
was five and one-half inches of snow.
Revs. Day and Plummet', Thomas
Gwiu and Willis Hopkins went to
Shelby county for our new church
and the first two loads arrived Tues
day evening. Xheydecidedto change
the location and 'tho building will
stand on a lot between the residences
of Harry Percy and Will Young.
Teams will go Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday for parts of the building
aud soon now Hamlin Station will
have a church.
Uncle S. D. Coonrod aud Mrs. J.
Z. Moore ave conducting what they
call a class meeting, anil are holdiug
them at private residences on Satur
day afternoon, the next one being at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wib
Smith, next Saturday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. These meetings are for
the young people of any denomina
tion who tire seeking light aud wish
to be led along the path of truth aud
righteousness. These worthy people
are meeting with grand success in
their noble work as a large number of
young people assemble at these meet
ing weekly.
KEUjiann
OK
Mr. Ward L. Smith, of Fredericks
town, Missouri, was troubled with
chronic diarrhoea for over thirty years.
He bad become fully satisfied that it
was only a question of
a short time un
til he would have to give up. He had
been treated by some of the best physi
cians in Europe and America but got
no permanent relief." One day he pick
de up a newspaper and ohanced to read
an advertisement of Chamberlain's
Colio, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
He got a bottle of itj the first dose
helped him and its'.continued use
cured him. For sale by C. W. Hous
ton, Extra C. L-. Bisotn.-Brayton.
.C.
Gray Pharmacy
Has just opened up with a complete and honest line of Drugs,
Staple and Fancy Stationery, Paints, Oils and everything foundln
a first-class drug store. When you want a prescription filled,
it is not necessary to
go to
Nash & Plielps are building a 1600
bushel corn crib ou their farm iu
Sec. 28, Lincoln township.
T. A. Miller is hauling thirty tons
of baled hay to Ross this week, and
will probably ship it himself.
J. S. McCuen marketed 12 head of
year-old hogs at Ross la9t Friday
that averaged 360 pounds each.
Mr. aud Mrs. Adam Scheelz, of
Templeton, visited Sunday at the
home of Wood Scott, in north Doug
las township.
Wood Scott will move from the
Kilburn farm in north Douglas town
ship aud farm in Viola township the
coming year.
Markets:—Corn 6}@7Je, oats 7c
to 9c, barley 15c, hogs #2.70 to $2.80,
chickens 4jc, turkeys 7@8c, butter
11c, eggs 12c.
While hauling corn to Ross Wed
nesday Will Hamilton broke his
wagon. He immediately purchased
a Smith of Luse.
Mrs. L. G. £opp left Friday night
for Tampico, Illinois, iu response to a
telegram announcing the death of her
sister, ot consumption.
Walter Woodrow arrived Tuesday
night from Stuart to visit a few days
with his sister, Mrs. Willis East, of
south Lincoln township.
Harvey Malmrg does not confine
his successful feeding to cattle and
hogs. Tuesday he marketed $G4.5B
worth of turkeys with Luse.
Revival meetings closed at the
Sands school house last Saturday even
ing, thirteen conversions. We under
stand that Rev. Clemmer, of Audu
bou, will soon commence a series of
meetiugs at the same place.
About 150 persons atteuded the lv
ceutn at the Henderson schoolhouse
at their last meeting. Friday night
of this week promises another rousur.
Following is the program:
Papor Nellie Morrow and Mablo Coeino
Egsajr Bt)lle Lauceiot
Tea-minute address Rob't Henderson
Singing No- 9 Songsters
Debate:—Question—" Resolved. That tbe Unit*
ed States should purchase Cuba." AfHrma*
tive-rEarl Jump, 3), Repass, Jas. Hall, Lou
Baraer, Err, Eddy. Negative—Frank Mautz,
T. H. Northup, John Lovelace, John Koch.
Jr., John Cosine, Rob't Henderuou.
Clem McCuen and Will William
sou settled a year-old feud in Iioss
and spectators say it was a game
fight. One night last April McCuen
was in Audubou enjoyiug himself
until he met Williamsou who pro
ceeded to stop him. Meeting Will
in Ross last Mouday Clem invited
him out and a warm fight ensued in
which McCuen was declared victor
as he came out of the mill with plen
ty of satisfaction andbcarcely a mark.
It remained for the representative
magazine of the Middle West, The
Midland Monthly, of Des Moines, to
give to the world the solution of the
historical question, Who Notified
the War Department of John Brown's
Proposed Raid ou Harper's Ferry,
and What was the Informant's Mo
tive?" Ex-Governor Gue, iu the
February Midland, assuming his own
full share of responsibility for the
act, relates the whole story of the
annonymous letters with a candor
which precludes further question.
Governor Gilo's admissions will com
pel a re-writing of the history of the
John Brown Movement. Another
interesting feature is the latest por
trvits uf Nellie Grant Sartor is and her
sou and two beautiful daughters.
Nerves
Art the M93$engtr$ of Sense,— the Telegraph
System of the human body.
NorVOI extend from the braiu to every part
of tbe body and reach erery organ.
Ntrvei
are tike fire—good servants but hard
masters.
Nerves are fed by the blood and are therefore
like it la character.
Nerves "will be weak and exhausted If Cm
blood thin, pale and impure.
Nerves will- surely be strong and steady 11
the blood 1s rich, red and vigorous.
Nerves find a true friend In Hood's Barsapa*
rllia because It makes rich, red blood.
Nerves do tbeir'work paturally and well,—
the brain Is unclouded, there are no
neuralgic pains, appetite and digea*
(ton are good, when you take
Sarsaparilla
The One True plood Purifier. Ail druggists. 91.
hipued only by C.~l! Hood db Co., Lovalli BUu.
It mil the beat familyeatbartlo
tlOOd S PillS
Manningor Audubon as heretofore, as
we are prepared to fill them promptly at any hour, day or night.
We invite the patronage of thepeople of Gray and vicinity,
and you will find our charges reasonable and work carefully
done We are here to stay and will try to satisfy.
Yours respectfully,
EUGENE MERTZ.
Ross Department.
Nels Christensen is feeding 112 head
of fine steers.
Grandma Moody is visiting with
her son Joe, in Audubon.
John Rorah is enjoying a visit from
his brother, of Cass county.
John Wagner shipped two carloads
cf hogs to Cedar Itapids Monday.
Pavty at the Jean Story home in
Lincoln township Inst Friday night.
John Cameron is hauling a carload
of barley to Ross which he will soon
ship.
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a%1'rs^..DK.uaQ'ST
Cameron Township.
F. V. Rice has sold his 200-ncre
farm to Mr. Lyman.
Albert Fe9t made a drive out in
the country last Sunday.
Big dance at the home of Will
Scott last Tuesday night.
Jake Miller is feeding a few loads
of cattle on his farm in Viola.
Sammy Jordan and lady attended
the Scott dance last Tuesday night.
J. Rorah has reuted the old Pang
burn place for 1897 price $2.50 per
acre.
A girl was horn to Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Yager of Viola one day last
week.
Wm. McFarland lost 4000 bushels
of fine potatoes by the recent cold
spell.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kraul attended
divine services at the Sauds Friday
evening.
Wm. Turner has contracted to
build an Evangelical church at Old
Hamlin.
Wm. Schrader of Viola sold some
fine hogs to the Dedham buyers one
day last week.
Will Hoffman of Pooahontas Cen
ter was shaking hands with friends iu
Viola last week.
Dan Hoclistrasser of Cameron has
hired out to H. Fest to assist in the
creamery business.
Rev. Hayden has closed a very suc
cessful revival meeting at the Sands.
There were lo converts.
Sammy Jordan says he will give
Amos a dollar for his chance. Char
ley says he will double thai price.
Jake Garrett has sold his fine farm
in Viola to Phillip Bickelhaupt.
Jake wiil move to Pooahontas oounty
in the spring to reside permanently.
One moruing last week a great big
teliow was seen stroll'iug through the
field bast towards August Soliraeder's.
W« doirt lik* to mention any
but for further particulars ask Jim
Manahan.
Outing for February ofiers a charm
ing variety of seasonable reading, and
includes two complete stories and
sketches of sport, travel and adventure
iu many lands. The illustrations are
up to the usual high standard. The
fronticepiece takes us to Sunny Flor
ida and its famous trapou fishing.
The number opens with a bit of per
ilous adventure, Under the Snow, by
William Blesdell Cameron. Another
northern story is Way Beyond de
Saskatchewan, by Therese Guerin
Randall. Printed iu New York City
at 2oc a number.
a a
A Physician sTr
ibute
To tho Benefits Received From Dr.
NEW HEART OURE.
HEART
DIBBASK la curable. It la not
surprising that all casea are not
cured, since no physician has made
the heart a special study for a quarter ot a
century as Dr. Miles has done. The follow
ing tribute from a physician will be read
with Interest. "For six years prior to taking
Dr. Kites' New Heart Cure my wlte waa a
terrible sufferer from heart disease. 8be
had a constant flutter
ing of the heart and
severe palpitation and
pain In the left aide.
Guaranty ...
Gray Department.
Harlan Kennells is home again.
Peter Hansen is still on the sick
list.
J. J. Kittell left these parts a few
days ago.
Grandma Matson is very sick at
this time. •, -m
Frank Buckner is hauling lumber
for a new corn crib.
Miss Annie French was a Gray
visitor over Sabbath.
George Bald is still hauliug lum
ber for hia new house.
Mrs. Smith is confined to lit
home with a severe cold.
Miss Dol Kennedy was visiting at
the Brookfield last week.
Mr. Mertz, father of our druggist
was an over Sunday visitor.
Peter Moller, the Green Bay agent
here is very busy this month.
Ed. Earhart shipped a nice load of
beeves to Chicago from this place.
Frank McCuilough is hauling
building material for Frank Leet.
Hog buyers report that product
scarcer than they have been for many
years.
Miss Lena Polzin will learn the
millinery business this summer at
Manuing.
Miss Myra Crow has been quite
sick of quinsy but is reported. muoh
improved.
S. C. Randies and Nels Christensen
are hauling lumber for their large
corn cribs.
Harry Arnold was in this vicinity
recently disposing,, pf the StnarJ
farms for 1897.
A team oil broadway slipped their
tie stems Saturday night and started
west at a lively gait.
Miss Lena Polzin and Miss Bertha
Borskowski visited with Mrs.
Greenwaldt last Sabbath.
Quite a number will move again
from one farm to another this month*
A few have commenced now.
The children of Mr. Wilson who
have been afflicted several weeks ^4^.,,
scarlet fever, are convalescing
We are still enjoyiug wintei
weather. Our thermometers regis
tered the lowest last week that it h)^a
for many years.
Al. Ayers attended the literary
down at the Henderson last Friday
night and reports au excellent paper,
read by the ladim.
Rev. Hay" sed a serieslo
-a at
ce«.
Condensed Testimony,
Chas. B. Hood, Broker and Manu
facturer's Agent, Columbus, Ohio,
certifies that Dr. King's New Discov
ery has uo equal as a Cough remedy.
L. D. Brown, Prop. St. James Hotel,
Ft. Wayne, Indiana, testifies that he
was cured of a cough of two years'
standing, caused by La Grippe, by Dr.
King's New Discovery. B. F. Merrill,
Balawinsville, Massachusetts, says
that he has used and recommended it
and never knew it to fail and would
rather have it than any doctor, be
cause it always cures. Mrs. Hem
ming, 222 East 25th St. Chicago,
always keeps it at hand and has no
fear of Croup, because it iustantly re
lieves. Free trial bottles at Chas. W.
Houston's Drug Store.
Auaau
Supt. Repass last ty anu
day applying the test jf knowledge.
Rev. Hayden and Rev. Wq»ds ol
Manuing commenced a piynracted
meeting at this place SundSy. It
to be a uniou effort and it is to 1
hoped will accomplish much good.
In correction of a statement uir
last week, we wish to say that it
Rev. Haydeu who conducted fun
services over the remains of
Suiter, instead of Mr. Ehler at
quoted.
The lyceuin at the Henderson
hummer, and attendance very 1'
Question for debate next
Resolved, That ths VuilecL S
should help Cuba obtain her freeidoi
We understand County Supt. Rep
represents one side of the question
For Dyspepsia and Liver Compl
you h»va printed guarantee on every
ot tJhiloh'a Vit*liaer. It never tails to
For sale O. W. Hooatou.
Mr. George Wever had a mil
lous escape from death a few
ago. While hauling corn to this
town and walking by the side ot a
-r very heavy load down a steep hill,
hi« FEET„B,?TH
She took three bottles
of Dr Miles' New Heart
Cure and was
complete
ly restored to health,
and has not taken a
drop ot medicine during the past two years.
Under these circumstances I cannot do
Otherwise than recommend It to others."
Friendship, N. T. W. H. Boon, U. D.
Dr. Miles' Bemedlea are sold by all drug
Cists under a positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applloanu.
DB. MlliBB MEDICAL CO.. Elkhart, lad.
"ft"
8U
MUM*
PP?\ fr°5m
Insure with the
ance Company.
hl
.... and he-fell completely iu front of a
hind wheel, but while' falling his
caught hold of au outside brace of his
wagon box. His team started up
as he in
slackened, in spite of his endeavors
stop them he hung to the brace un
til they got to the bottom of the hi'
when the team stopped. George say
he lived a good many years duriu
that iuterval, but that it- seemed 1
would not be able to haul any mo
oeven ceut corn. -yz- -v
The Honey Bee.
A pnper read by Mr. S. D. Coonnx
of Hamlin, before the Audubon Coun
ty Farmer's Institute:
We will take a swarm of bees the
first of May and look in them and if
they have young brood or eggs all
right and if there are none we will
feed them a gallon of syrup made of
granulated sugar aikl that will set the
queen to laying eggu and all will be
right. If you want to raise honey
rub off the queen cells and if you
want to raise bees leave alone some
cells. Some say to Binoke and theu
divide them. I don't divide ouly
when they won't swarm, and then I
take out four of the seven frames and
leave the oiher three in the hiver and
the bees will soon fill them.' Set, the
four lrames away by themselves and
close the entrance to the hive so I lie
bees won't rob them. I thiuk there
is time lost in dividing them if it is
done to increase tbe stock. The queeu
lays all the eggsand commences about
the first of April if in good condi
tion.
(More next week.)
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